Mazatlán - Pachuca: Dudu's added-time strike sinks Pachuca in Jornada 8
In a match that turned on a single, late moment, mazatlán - pachuca finished 1-0 after Luiz Teodora 'Dudu' converted a stoppage-time opportunity to give Mazatlán the victory. The result, on 27 Feb., leaves Mazatlán with seven points in 14th place while Pachuca remained on 14 units in fifth ahead of the weekend's remaining fixtures.
Mazatlán - Pachuca: late goal and brief sequence that decided the game
Pachuca controlled much of the first half and had the clearest early chance when Venezuelan striker Salomón Rondón saw a rebound fall to his right at minute 13 but failed to direct the shot on target. The match was ultimately decided deep into stoppage time when Argentine Facundo Almada won a header inside the area that extended the ball to the arriving Brazilian Luiz Teodora 'Dudu', who finished unmarked in front of the goalkeeper for the 1-0 winner.
Facundo Almada's header created the decisive assist
Almada's aerial win inside the box was the immediate cause of the goal: his header prolonged play into the path of Dudu, whose unmarked shot produced the only score of the match. What makes this notable is how a single set of actions in added time erased a period of Pachuca control and handed all three points to the hosts.
Sebastián Santos red card and Pachuca's second-half push
Fifteen minutes from the end, Mazatlán defender Sebastián Santos was expelled, forcing the home side to finish with ten men. The sending-off opened space for Pachuca to press for an equalizer; the Tuzos threw forward veteran attackers including Rondón, the Ecuadorian Enner Valencia and the Colombian Luis Quiñones, but none found the net.
Standings impact: Mazatlán rises, Pachuca held at 14 points
With the win Mazatlán moved to seven points and into 14th position in the Clausura table after eight rounds. Pachuca, often called the Tuzos, stayed on 14 points and in fifth place. The cause — Mazatlán's late finishing and Pachuca's missed early opportunities — produced the measurable effect of a narrow upset in the octava jornada.
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Querétaro 2-2 Santos Laguna and expulsions alter that match
In another Liga MX match on the same Friday, Querétaro and Santos Laguna finished 2-2. For Querétaro the goals came from Argentine Mateo Coronel and Uruguayan Santiago Homenchenko — the latter from the penalty spot. Santos Laguna's goals were a penalty by Argentine Lucas Di Yorio and one from Ecuadorian Carlos Gruezo; both Di Yorio and Gruezo were expelled in the second half.
Remaining fixtures and named personnel for the weekend
The Friday slate concluded with the upcoming Pumas UNAM match featuring goalkeeper Keylor Navas, set to face Tijuana coached by Sebastián 'Loco' Abreu, and a Juárez versus Atlas fixture. The octava jornada was scheduled to continue on Saturday with five matches highlighted in the context: Toluca hosting league leader Guadalajara, led by Argentine coach Gabriel Milito; Monterrey, whose roster includes Spanish player Sergio Canales, facing Cruz Azul; Tigres, with Ángel Correa, visiting América; and the ties San Luis vs Puebla and León vs Necaxa.
The sequence of events in mazatlán - pachuca — an early missed chance by Rondón, a stoppage-time header from Almada and Dudu's finish, followed by Santos' expulsion and Pachuca's unsuccessful late surge — explains how a match controlled at times by the visitors ended in a narrow home victory that reshuffled positions within the Clausura standings.
